Chris Arnade, the keynote speaker at the After Virtual conference, has traded global finance for skid row photography. Chris discusses his journey from Wall Street board rooms to a booth at McDonald’s and the associated rejection of careerism and self-definition.
Speaker: Chris Arnade—An Address in the Universe of Meaning
Highlights
3:00 Prayer time around the world
6:45 The liberal emancipation project (of destruction)
10:30 Transcendent values first seen in a traffic jam
16:00 “Everything we believed was wrong”
27:00 Place and the giant sucking sound of NAFTA
30:00 Family ties
32:00 The “meaning” address and its replacement
Resources
Speaker bios
Conference videos
Save the date: 2023 Conference in Madison, Wisconsin (October 21, 2023)
Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America
The Substack home of a traveling man
An NPR story on Chris Arnade
Arnade’s work at The Guardian and The Atlantic
Thanks to Wendell Kimbrough for his musical talents
